Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro revealed on Sunday (April 13) that an arsonist set fire to the official Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg, prompting an emergency evacuation of his family in the early hours of the morning. “Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence,” Shapiro said in a social…

This Long Island high school makes the grade when it comes to staggering sibling stats. Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School has 15 sets of twins in this year’s graduating class of 447 seniors. The plethora of twins at the Plainview school even includes two pairs of siblings with identical names: Rebecca and Josh. The teens’ school ties have been strong since grammar school. “Most, if not all, have…

A Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least 34 people and injured more than 100 as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, in the worst attack on civilians this year. Two missiles landed in the crowded city centre on Sunday morning. One hit a trolley bus full of passengers. Footage from the scene showed bodies lying in the street, burning cars, and…

Beijing on Sunday called upon US President Donald Trump administration to ‘completely cancel’ the reciprocal tariffs imposed on it, taking the total levies to 145 per cent, reported Times of India. “We urge the US to.. take a big step to correct its mistakes, completely cancel the wrong practice of ‘reciprocal tariff’ and return to the right path of mutual respect,” TOI quoted a commerce ministry spokesperson as saying in…

The White House has hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama. Hanging a new presidential likeness without advance notice is unusual, and Trump putting himself in that space could be seen as him breaking with norms yet again. By tradition, portraits of the two most recent former…

The death toll in a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic has risen to 225 after four people hospitalised after being rescued from the rubbles died overnight, health officials said Saturday. Officials said 189 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the popular venue in the capital Santo Domingo. More than 200 were injured, with 15 of them still hospitalised, including five in critical condition.…

A convicted murderer who was mistakenly released from jail in March was apprehended and arrested in Florida on Friday, officials said. Kathan Guzman was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service without incident, per the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The U.S. Marshals Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Guzman is being held in Florida, NBC affiliate WXIA-TV reported. Guzman was sentenced to life in prison…

The Senate has confirmed former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee as the Trump administration’s ambassador to Israel, few days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s White House visit. The 53-46 vote installs a vehement supporter of Israel in the key Mideast post, which may prove critical to Trump’s unsuccessful efforts so far to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon and threats posed to Israel by…

President Donald Trump’s revealed that the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the military schools had long done to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities. The changes were detailed in court filings, by the U.S. Department of Justice in federal courts in Denver, New York and Colorado related to two lawsuits filed by the…

In a bid to move ahead of the deal and dismantled key parts of its years-long currency controls and loosened its grip on the peso, Argentina sealed a $20 billion, 48-month Extended Fund Facility deal with the International Monetary Fund The IMF will disburse $12 billion by next Tuesday, while another $2 billion will become available by June. The IMF said the deal is expected to help Argentina catalyze additional…

Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine has claimed that the country could be partitioned like Berlin after the Second World War as part of a peace deal – as the US president urged Russia to “get moving” on a ceasefire. Keith Kellogg told The Times that British and French troops could adopt zones of control in the west of the country, forming a “reassurance force”, while Russia’s army could remain…

Opposition politicians in Panama have accused the US of launching a “camouflaged invasion” of the country, amid simmering discontent over the government’s handling of the diplomatic crisis. After a three-day visit by the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump appeared to confirm that US military personnel had been deployed to the Central American country on Thursday, telling reporters: “We’ve moved a lot of troops to Panama.” Hegseth said that…